DETROIT, MI – OCTOBER 28: (L-R) Manager Bruce Bochy #15, Senior Vice President and General Manager Brian Sabean, MVP Pablo Sandoval #48 and Laurence M. Baer President and Chief Executive Officer of the San Francisco Giants poses with the Commissioner’s Trophy after Game Four of the Major League Baseball World Series at Comerica Park on October 28, 2012 in Detroit, Michigan. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Detroit Tigers 4-3 in the tenth inning to win the World Series in 4 straight games. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
Sandoval named World Series MVP
UPDATED OCT 29, 2012 2:29 AM ET
DETROIT (AP)
Pablo Sandoval not only has baseball’s neatest nickname, Kung Fu Panda has a World Series MVP award to go along with it.
Sandoval took home the trophy following the San Francisco Giants‘ sweep of Detroit, hitting .500 with three home runs, a double and four RBI in 16 Series at-bats.
”I was ready for the moment,” he said after a 4-3 victory in 10 innings Sunday night. ”It’s just an incredible moment you’re never going to forget.”
This Panda works with maple, not bamboo.
Sandoval got the Giants off to a powerful start by hitting three homers in the opener against the Tigers, becoming the fourth player to accomplish that feat in a World Series game.
He made his big league debut on Aug. 14, 2008, and earned his nickname just a month later. That Sept. 19 at Dodger Stadium, Sandoval scored from second on Bengie Molina‘s first-inning single off Greg Maddux, leaping sideways to avoid catcher Danny Ardoin’s lunging tag on the throw from center fielder Matt Kemp.
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